Daniels names Purdue chief of staff (updated)

1:16 PM,
Feb. 7, 2013

Written by

Eric Weddle
eweddle@jconline.com

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels has hired a second person from his administration while Indiana governor to take a lead role on the West Lafayette campus.

Gina DelSanto was named as chief of staff to Daniels this morning in a news release. DelSanto is senior associate commissioner and chief of staff for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, a position she's held since April 2012. In 2009 she joined Daniels' administration in the Department of Workforce Development as senior deputy commissioner.

The news release described DelSanto's role as advising "the president on ...